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- A. BOGHER. DARNING IMPLEMENT.

No. 475,659. Patented May 24, 1892!.

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M A TTOHNE rs UNITE ADAM BOOHER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

DARNING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,659, dated May 24,1892.

Application filed October 15, 1891- Serial No. 408,772. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADAM BoOHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Darnin g Implements, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a darning implement; and the inventionconsists in the details of construction set forth in the followingspecification and claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of the darning implement. Fig. 2 is asection along :1; m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section alongy 11 Fig. 1. Fig.t is a view similar to Fig. 1 with parts in a different position than inFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section along a 2, Fig.4; and Fig. 6 is a detailperspective view of the clamp.

In the drawings, the letters A B indicate.

two heads, each having a series of needles, hooks, or other attachingdevices a b.

The material D having the rent or hole to be darned is stretched over aframe or support 0 and is confined thereupon through the medium of aspring-cla1np, composed of an elastic strip of metal-such as wirebent toform a pair of parallel arms E, which grip opposite sides of the support0. The arms E are bent backward and extended parallel -therewith toprovide a pair of supportingarms E arranged in a plane above thegripping-arms E, and having their extremities bent or turned laterallytoward each other to form lugs E which are engaged with ears E atopposite sides of the head A.

The adjustable head B is formed or otherwise provided at its ends withhooks or eyes B, through which pass the parallel supporting-arms E ofthe clamp, so that such supporting-arms sustain the head B andconstitute a guide for the latter in its adjustment toward and from thehead A. The elasticity of the arms E in a direction away from each.other exert sufllcient pressure on the hooks or eyes B to hold the headB in any position to which it may be adjusted relatively to the head A.

The hooks a are supported by rotary shafts Q in the head A, and saidshafts can be rotated or oscillated by the handles R. The

object of such rotation will be presently explained.

The thread to be used for darning is first vpassed back and forth overthe hooks or at taching devices a b, as indicated by letter I, Figs. 1and 2, the part I of said thread forming what may be called the warp andthe part K of the thread the woof. Thehooks a are then swung or rotatedto the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so that part of the threadportion I forms an upper shed and the other part a lower shed, and theneedle S, with the thread portion K, is then stitched into the materialD and passed along between the sheds in one direction. The hooks a arethen rotated through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees, or nearlyso, to bring the thread portion I, which formed the lower shed, intoposition to form an upper shed, and vice versa. The needle S and threadportion K are then run between the shedsin the opposite directions, andso on, back and forth until the rent or hole is filled up or mended.

The weaving or shedding attachment formed by the hooks a enable a neatand even finish to be given to the mended part while allowing the workto be carried on rapidly.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a darning imple ment, of a clamp composed of astrip of metal bent to form a pair of elastic gripping-arms, and a pairof supporting-arms, a head A, engaged with the supporting-arms andhaving oscillatory hooks a, and the head B, provided with attachingdevices I), and having its opposite ends engaged with and slidable alongthe supporting-arms of the clamp, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a darning implement, of a support 0, a clampcomposed of a strip of metal bent to form a pair of elasticgripping-arms, and a pair of supporting-arms arranged in a plane abovethe gripping-arms, a head A, engaged with the extremities of thesupporting-arms and having oscillatory hooks a, and a head B, providedwith attaching devices I), and having its opposite ends engaged with andslidable along the supportingarms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ADAM BOOHER. Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

